Research Information for Students

The Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers many opportunities for students to gain valuable research experience.

Research in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UBC Okanagan

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate students can volunteer as research assistants, participate in Directed Studies and/or Honours opportunities, or apply for research awards.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS

Graduate Students

Graduate students can pursue their own original research and/or be a part of faculty research projects.

DEPARTMENT RESEARCH

Community, Culture & Global Studies

We are involved in diverse social science and humanities research, employing qualitative, feminist, digital, narrative, ethnographic, Indigenous, community-engaged, and multimodal methodologies

Economics, Philosophy & Political Science

Our working groups and labs form the foundation of our research eff­orts, where our faculty work with a number of community partners to advance knowledge and provide hands-on research and learning opportunities for students.

History & Sociology

Our research projects engage with local and global issues, ranging from human rights to cybersecurity, and the impact of migration. Join us in thinking actively about how to shape the world in which we live.

Psychology

Our faculty members and graduate students are working on exciting research projects that are making a difference, locally and around the world to advance the study and understanding of psychology.

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

Bachelor of Sustainability (BSust)
An interdisciplinary program offered by the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

Students take a set of core integrative courses specific to sustainability along with a set of advanced courses in one of the following four concentrations: